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Kenner man booked after cops said he was fondling himself in Covington parking lot

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Miguel Rodriguez was booked with obscenity after police said a woman reported seeing him fondling himself in his car in the parking lot of a Covington business Tuesday (Aug. 19) afternoon.
(St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office)

A Kenner man that police said was seen fondling himself in the parking lot of a Covington-area business Tuesday (Aug. 19) afternoon has been booked with obscenity, according to St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain's office. Authorities said this is the second time this month that Miguel Rodriguez, 35, has been accused of fondling himself inside a parked car in a Covington-area business parking lot.

In the incident Tuesday, the sheriff's office said a woman called 9-1-1 just before 1 p.m. and told the operator she saw a man sitting in a parked gold Saturn Vue in the parking lot of a business on U.S. 190 fondling himself. The sheriff's office said deputies started looking for the car and 30 minutes later spotted a vehicle matching that description near the intersection of U.S. 190 and Louisiana 22 in Mandeville.

Deputies stopped the car and the driver, identified by authorities as Rodriguez, allegedly admitted to fondling himself in the parking lot.

The sheriff's office said deputies are in the process of obtaining a warrant for Rodriguez for another count of obscenity in connection with a separate incident earlier this month. Authorities said a complaint was filed on Aug. 13 about a man fondling himself in his parked car in a business parking lot near Interstate 12 in the Covington area.